Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 905320, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/905320
Research Article

Synthesis and Characterization of bis[(2-ethyl-5-methyl-imidazo-4-yl)methyl]Sulfide and Its Coordination Behavior toward Cu(II) as a Possible Approach of a Copper Site Type I

Juan D. Barrón-Garcés,1 Guillermo Mendoza-Díaz,1 Florina Vilchez-Aguado,2 and Sylvain Bernès3

1Laboratorio de Química Bioinorgánica, Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta S/N, 36050, Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico
2Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Unidad Cerro de la Venada S/N, 36040 Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico
3División de Estudios de Posgrado (DEP), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Guerrero y Progreso S/N, Colonia Treviño, 64570, Monterrey, NL, Mexico

Received 9 February 2009; Accepted 12 May 2009

Academic Editor: Spyros Perlepes

Copyright © 2009 Juan D. Barrón-Garcés et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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